Czarniecki (; feminine: Czarniecka; plural: Czarnieccy) is a surname of

Polish language Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic languages, West Slavic language of the Lechitic languages, Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spo ...

origin. It belongs to the noble Czarniecki family. It is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

for someone from Czarnca in Kielce voivodeship, or any of the various places called Czarnocin or Czarnia, all derived from the Polish adjective "czarny", which means 'black'. "Czarniecki"
ancestry.com, citing ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' The surname may refer to: * Krzysztof Czarniecki *

Stefan Czarniecki Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish szlachta, nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate hol ...

(1599–1665), Polish military commander

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{{surname, Czarniecki, Czarniecka Polish-language surnames

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